lay bare; "bare your breasts"; "bare your feelings"
Used in a Sentence
bare
How to use bare in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for bare.
Editorial note
It was as bare bones as it got.
Examples7
Definitions13
Parts of speech2
Quick take
lay bare; "bare your breasts"; "bare your feelings"
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of bare gathered in one view.
make public; "She aired her opinions on welfare"
lay bare; "denude a forest"
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for bare.
verb
lay bare; "bare your breasts"; "bare your feelings"
verb
make public; "She aired her opinions on welfare"
verb
lay bare; "denude a forest"
adjective
completely unclothed; "bare bodies"; "naked from the waist up"; "a nude model"
adjective
lacking in amplitude or quantity; "a bare livelihood"; "a scanty harvest"; "a spare diet"
adjective
not having a protective covering; "unsheathed cables"; "a bare blade"
See also: unsheathed
adjective
lacking its natural or customary covering; "a bare hill"; "bare feet"
adjective
just barely adequate or within a lower limit; "a bare majority"; "a marginal victory"
See also: marginal
adjective
apart from anything else; without additions or modifications; "only the bare facts"; "shocked by the mere idea"; "the simple passage of time was enough"; "the simple truth"
adjective
lacking a surface finish such as paint; "bare wood"; "unfinished furniture"
See also: unfinished
adjective
providing no shelter or sustenance; "bare rocky hills"; "barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark landscape"
adjective
having everything extraneous removed including contents; "the bare walls"; "the cupboard was bare"
See also: stripped
adjective
lacking embellishment or ornamentation; "a plain hair style"; "unembellished white walls"; "functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete"
See also: plain, spare, unembellished, unornamented
Example sentences
It was as bare bones as it got.
You must serve more customers in order to make up for lower prices the market will bare.
Almost anyone can use one with a bare minimum of instruction.
I still do it when called for but my true love is in low level protocols, embedded programming, hardware, and anything else that let's me get to the "bare metal".
Such a form will have basic provisions covered and will usually contain the most important warranties and representations but all of it will be bare-bones.
They say "see, I want you to have your own space, so I'm going to splurge and move you one step up from concrete floors and bare sheet rock, but I want to be sure I can micromanage everything you are doing by simply sneaking up behind you at any time.
The irony of the whole thing is that the flame retardants don't even make furniture any less flammable:"The problem, [the fire expert] argues, is that the standard is based on applying a small flame to a bare piece of foam - a situation unlikely to happen in real life.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use bare in a sentence?
It was as bare bones as it got.
What does bare mean?
lay bare; "bare your breasts"; "bare your feelings"
What part of speech is bare?
bare is commonly used as verb, adjective.